Valve and nameplate assembly



INVENTOR ARDUINO RIULI ATTO R N EY A. RlULl March 5, 1963 VALVE AND NAMEPLATE ASSEMBLY Filed March 27, 1961 I .m RIV m b74 m z. W 1 I! n .mm H. .N\ ".,w.... F 9 a M FIGZ United States Patent 3,079,716 VALVE AND NAMLEPLATE ASSEMBLY Arduino Riuli, Passaic County, N..l., assignor to Specialties Development tlorporation, Belleviile, N1, a corpo= ration of New Jersey Filed Mar. 27, 1961, Ser. No. 98,684 2 Claims. (Cl. 40--307) The present invention relates to receptacles for dispensing fluid medium under pressure such as portable fire extinguishers, and, more particularly, to a valve and nameplate assembly for such receptacles.

Portable fire extinguishers and the like heretofore usually have been provided with a nameplate strap adapted to bear various legend and/or indicia which strap encirclm the side wall of the receptacle and was secured thereto by fastening the free ends thereof.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an improved manner of mounting nameplates which is simple and economical.

Another object is to accomplish the foregoing by securing the nameplate to the body of the valve for the receptacle to provide a pre-assembled nameplate and valve adapted for connection later to the receptacle or removal therefrom.

Other and further objects of the invention will be obvious upon an understanding of the illustrative embodiment about to be described, or will be indicated in the appended claims, and various advantages not referred to herein will occur to one skilled in the art upon employment of the invention in practice.

A preferred embodiment of the invention has been chosen for purposes of illustration and description, and is shown in the accompanying drawing, forming a part of the specification, wherein:

FIG. 1 is a fragmentary side view, partly in elevation and partly in section, of the upper portion of a receptacle having thereon a nameplate and valve body assembly in accordance with the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a fragmentary, longitudinal sectional view illustrating the valve body and nameplate member apart from the receptacle and the valve mechanism.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along the line 33 on FIG. 2.

Referring to the drawing in detail there is shown a fire extinguisher by way of example which generally comprises a receptacle 10, a spud 11 providing an outlet for the receptacle, a valve body 12 secured over the spud, and a nameplate 14 secured to the valve body in accordance with the present invention as described hereinafter.

The receptacle 1% has a side wall 15, and a top wall 16 formed with an opening in which the spud 11 is secured.

The spud 11 has a sealing disc 17 secured therein for confining the medium to be stored in the container under pressure; and the valve body 12 is provided with valve mechanism including a cutter 18 for puncturing the disc 17 to effect discharge of the stored medium from the receptacle.

In accordance with the present invention, the lower portion of the valve body is generally cylindrical and is provided with a relatively thin annular skirt portion 1? which depends therefrom prior to being deformed (as shown in broken lines in FIG. 2) which skirt portion is surrounded by a lower end face or shoulder 20. The nameplate 14 is an inverted cup-shaped member having a top wall 21 adapted to overlie the top wall 16 of the receptacle and being formed with a central aperture 22 for receiving the skirt portion 19. The nameplate member also has a side wall 24 adapted to fit over the side wall 15 of the receptacle. The top and side walls of the nameplate member provide ample space for applying thereon the conventional nameplate data for fire extinguishers or the like.

The nameplate and the valve body are secured together by inserting the skirt portion 19 through the aperture 22 and peening or folding the skirt portion outwardly and upwardly to engage an annular zone surrounding the aperture at the underside of the top wall 21 and to hold an annular zone surrounding the aperture at the upper side of the top wall 21 against the shoulder 20.

Preferably, it is desired that the nameplate data be oriented with respect to the valve body and its valve mechanism. This is accomplished by providing the top wall 21 of the nameplate with a radially inwardly extending tongue 25 at the aperture 22 and providing the skirt portion with a recess 26 for receiving the tongue, whereby the tongue locks the nameplate in its oriented position when the skirt portion 19 is deformed. The recess 26 is solely in the skirt portion 19 so that the tongue 25 is flush with the shoulder 24) and no opening is seen at the side of the valve body when the skirt portion is deformed.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that the present invention provides a simple, practical and economical nameplate assembly which is mounted and removed with the valve body.

As various changes may be made in the form, constructure and arrangement of the parts herein, without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention and without sacrificing any of its advantages, it is to be understood that all matter herein is to be interpreted as illustrative and not in any limiting sense.

I claim:

1. A valve and nameplate assembly for a receptacle having a side wall and a top wall formed with an opening for connecting a valve, which assembly comprises a valve body formed with a cylindrical side wall having a thin annular skirt portion depending therefrom and having a downwardly facing shoulder surrounding said skirt portion; and an inverted cup-shaped nameplate member having a top wall adapted to overlie the top wall of the receptacle and formed with a central aperture for receiving said skirt portion and having a side wall adapted to fit over the side wall of the receptacle, said skirt portion being peened under said top wall of said nameplate memher at said aperture to hold the upper side of said last mentioned wall against said shoulder.

2. An assembly according to claim 1, wherein said last mentioned top Wall is provided with a radially inwardly projecting tongue at said aperture and said skirt portion is provided with a recess for receiving said tongue to orient said nameplate member with respect to said valve body.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 

1. A VALVE AND NAMEPLATE ASSEMBLY FOR A RECEPTACLE HAVING A SIDE WALL AND A TOP WALL FORMED WITH AN OPENING FOR CONNECTING A VALVE, WHICH ASSEMBLY COMPRISES A VALVE BODY FORMED WITH A CYLINDRICAL SIDE WALL HAVING A THIN ANNULAR SKIRT PORTION DEPENDING THEREFROM AND HAVING A DOWNWARDLY FACING SHOULDER SURROUNDING SAID SKIRT PORTION; AND AN INVERTED CUP-SHAPED NAMEPLATE MEMBER HAVING A TOP WALL ADAPTED TO OVERLIE THE TOP WALL OF THE RECEPTACLE AND FORMED WITH A CENTRAL APERTURE FOR RECEIVING SAID SKIRT PORTION AND HAVING A SIDE WALL ADAPTED TO FIT OVER THE SIDE WALL OF THE RECEPTACLE, SAID SKIRT PORTION BEING PEENED UNDER SAID TOP WALL OF SAID NAMEPLATE MEMBER AT SAID APERTURE TO HOLD THE UPPER SIDE OF SAID LAST MENTIONED WALL AGAINST SAID SHOULDER. 